Legal Opinion
Robert Francis Dean v. Carl Hocker, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1969No. 22674_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*320RUSSELL E. SMITH, District Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Petitioner was convicted of robbery after trial by jury. His defense was the presumption of innocence. There was strong evidence of guilt which the jury believed, as did the state trial judge and the justices of the Supreme Court of Nevada, who heard the matter twice.1 The United States District Judge, from whose order this appeal is taken, not only believed the evidence but felt that it was so convincing that “the jury could have acquitted only by rejecting…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- People v. OrloffCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
- Dean v. FoglianiNevada Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Reynaldo Gilberto Jiminez-BadillaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. ReyesDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1981
- Robert Francis Dean v. Carl Hocker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969